ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,170, issued on July 29, was assigned to Air Diffusion Agencies Pty Ltd (Australia).

"Tension mount improvements" was invented by William Trevor Threadgold (Welland, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a tension or hanging mount for engineering services, including but not limited to components of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. In one aspect, the tension mount comprises at least a base portion and a mount portion which depends from the base portion by hanging, wherein each of the base portion and the mount portion comprise a substantially rigid, non-flammable structural...